Emilio Diez Barroso

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Emilio Diez Barroso is Co-Chairman and Founder of NALA Investments, LLC a private investment holding company, and co-founder and CEO of one of its subsidiaries: NALA Films.

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[edit] Biography

Emilio Diez Barroso of the Azcárraga family is part of the Mexican Televisa dynasty. He is the son of Laura Azcarraga Milmo and Fernando Diez Barroso, and great-grandson to multi-billionaire Televisa founder Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta. He studied Economics and Finance at Harvard, I.T.A.M. and Boston Universities before becoming Managing Director for Corporacion Triangulo, an investment corporation headquartered in Mexico. Diez Barroso was President of Mexican football club Club de Futbol América, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles, USA.


Diez Barroso has held senior level positions and sat on the board of most NALA owned companies including Televisa[1]. He was named one of the 25 most powerful Latinos in 2007 by The Hollywood Reporter[2]and currently sits on the board of directors of Summit Entertainment, LLC] ("a worldwide theatrical motion picture production and distribution studio") of Mentor LA a non-profit organization working to improve schools and empower neighborhoods in some of the most disenfranchised communities in Los Angeles, and Affinity Mobile, LLC], "a Telecommunications Solutions Provider as well as of three other Latin American companies".[3] Fernando Diez Barroso, his brother, currently lives in New York City.

[edit] NALA Investments

In 1999, Emilio Diez Barroso founded NALA Investments, LLC], also serving as Chairman. NALA ("North America Latin America"[4]) Investments is a private investment holding company with operations across various industries including communications, energy, transportation, consumer products, real estate, IT infrastructure, entertainment and media. The company manages a diverse portfolio comprised of multiple investment asset classes primarily in the United States and Latin America.[3], Diez Barroso founded NALA Investments' production arm, NALA Films, a "film development, production and financing company that leverages Latin American talent, resources and incentives to efficiently produce English language motion pictures and facilitate their worldwide distribution," based in Los Angeles.[5] NALA Films' "has been producing and financing "two to five feature films per year."[3]

Emilio Diez Barroso's family "created the two largest Spanish-language media companies in the world, Televisa (NYSE:TV) and Univision (NYSE:UVN)" is said in Press Releases to "provid[e] NALA with a unique understanding and competitive advantage in the region."[3]

[edit] See also

-VOLARIS

-TELEVISA

-VOY

-NALA Films

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.publicaciones.cucsh.udg.mx/pperiod/comsoc/pdf/10-11_1991/235-262.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.latingossip.com/eva-longoria/thrs-latino-power-50.html
  3. ^ a b c d In the Valley of Elah: About the Filmmakers. Accessed April 8, 2008 Over the past ten years, NALA has leveraged its US/Mexico home base and extensive network of affiliations in Latin America to provide effective value added to its portfolio companies. This unique cross-border position, anchored by the local branch offices, gives NALA preferred access to some of the most attractive venture investments in the area. Its extensive business and political relationships provide NALA's portfolio companies with powerful, direct resource interaction in an often unwelcoming environment for foreign endeavors.

    [edit] NALA Films

    Main article: NALA Films

    In 2005<ref>[http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,39370-1;58024-3,00.html ''Hollywood Reporter'': Hispanic Women Power 25, by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, Cristy Lytal and Trisha Tucker, October 9, 2007]. Accessed April 8, 2008</li> <li id="cite_note-WMA-3">'''[[#cite_ref-WMA_3-0|^]]''' [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953225.html?categoryid=29&cs=1 "WMA's Latin pic pal" by Dave McNary, November 2, 2006]. Accessed April 8, 2008</li>

    <li id="cite_note-4">'''[[#cite_ref-4|^]]''' [http://www.nalafilms.com/nala.html NALA Films website]. Accessed April 8, 2008</li></ol></ref>